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removal at the pleasure of said respective boards ; the

compensation of said assessors, members of the Board

of Control and review and clerks appointed for the
several counties in this State., shall be paid by the

county in which their duties are respectively per-
formed ; and the compensation of the said assessors
appointed for the assessment districts in the city of
Baltimore, and of the members of the Boards of Con-
trol and Review appointed for said city, and of their

clerks, shall be paid by the Mayor and City Council
of Baltimore; the accounts for services rendered by
the members of the Board of Control and Review, and
clerks to said boards, in the respective counties, shall,
be approved by the County Commissioners of the re-
spective counties before the same are paid, and the
accounts for services rendered by the members of the
Boards of Control and Review, and clerks to said
boards in the city of Baltimore, shall be approved by
the Appeal Tax Court of Baltimore city, before the
same are paid.

169. That the Governor of the State shall have
power to remove at any time, for cause, any assessor
or assessors, or member or members of any Board of
Control and Review appointed under this Act, and to
appoint another person or persons, duly qualified to
perform the duties of said office or offices, in the place

of the respective person or persons removed from
office; and the person or persons so appointed, shall

qualify in the same manner as if he or they had been
originally appointed under this Act by the Governor.

170. That every assessor and every person appointed
to any Board of Control and Review, and every clerk
appointed under the provisions of this Act, shall, be-
fore he enters upon, the duty of said office of assessor,
members of the Boarl of Control and Review, or clerks,
take the following oath or affirmation before some per-
son authorized by law to administer an oath or affir-
mation, to wit: "I, ——— ——————, do swear or
solemnly and sincerely and truly declare and affirm
that, as naming the wards or assessment district for
which he is appointed assessor, or as a member of the
Board of Control and Review, naming the county or
districts, or as clerk to the Board of Control and Re-
view for, naming the county or district, I will, to the